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JRM Vol.23 No.6 pp. 951-968
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2011.p0951
(2011)

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A Home Healthcare System with Communication Robot Technologies – Development of Experimental Systems and in-Home Verification Experiments by Older Persons

Kengo Toda*, Mutsuhisa Fujioka*, Atsuhiro Fujii**,
Shigeki Okawa**, Junri Shinohara*, Shinji Tanaka***,
Takayuki Nakamura***, and Takayuki Furuta*

*Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo)

**Chiba Institute of Technology (C.I.T), 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016, Japan

***Sekisui House, Ltd.

Received:
April 29, 2011
Accepted:
August 14, 2011
Published:
December 20, 2011
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Keywords:
communication robot, home healthcare system, speech interaction, skeleton-infill
Abstract
We have been researching and developing a Home Health-Care System (H2CS) using Communication Robot Technologies (CRT) that supports a worry-free home life for older persons. Through a communication robot with voice interaction, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and a chair with built-in health data sensing devices, the system determines the user’s state of health from the results of blood-pressure, body temperature, weight and information obtained by a medical interview. Users and their physicians can study and share this information. One of the system’s most problems is continuous measurement, so we target a H2CS thatmotivates and supports older users tomaintain their daily routines through communication robot technologies. The experimental system and its confirmation experiments are detailed in the sections that follow.
Cite this article as:
K. Toda, M. Fujioka, A. Fujii, S. Okawa, J. Shinohara, S. Tanaka, T. Nakamura, and T. Furuta, “A Home Healthcare System with Communication Robot Technologies – Development of Experimental Systems and in-Home Verification Experiments by Older Persons,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.23 No.6, pp. 951-968, 2011.
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